Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine (JEIM) Open Access Policy
At the Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine (JEIM), all published articles are made freely accessible to a global audience under an open-access license, ensuring:
Readers worldwide can immediately access the full text of every published article without any subscription fees or access barriers.
Content can be reused by anyone, provided proper attribution is given to the original work, in accordance with our open-access license.
Permissions and Usage
No special permissions are required to reuse any part of articles published in the Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine, including figures, tables, and supplementary materials. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original author(s) and source are properly cited. Reuse does not imply endorsement by the authors or the journal.
Additionally, authors are free to submit their work to external repositories at any stage—whether it is a submitted, accepted, or published version—without requiring special permission from the journal.
External Open Access Resources
For authors, reviewers, and readers who are unfamiliar with open access publishing, the following resources provide useful background and explanations:
Wikipedia’s Open Access Article
Open Access Network
Open Access Explained!
Definition of Open Access
In line with major open-access declarations (Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda), the Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine follows these principles:
Peer-reviewed biomedical literature is available free of charge, without subscription or access fees.
Articles are immediately accessible in an open-access format, with no embargo period.
Published content may be reused without prior permission, provided the original source is properly cited.
JEIM publishes all articles under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), ensuring maximum rights and visibility for authors.
This enables all published content—including articles, datasets, figures, and supplementary files—to be freely shared, indexed by search engines, archived, and reused for scholarly purposes such as teaching, research dissemination, systematic reviews, and text/data mining, provided appropriate credit is given.
JEIM believes open access accelerates the exchange of biomedical knowledge, encourages interdisciplinary research, and supports global collaboration in experimental, clinical, and integrative medicine.
Copyright Notice
Authors retain full copyright of their published work. However, some materials included in manuscripts (particularly within review articles) may contain content reproduced from third-party sources for which the Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine does not hold copyright.
In such cases, authors must ensure that appropriate permissions have been obtained from the original copyright holder(s), and proper acknowledgments are included.
Benefits of Open Access for Authors
Publishing with the Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine offers important advantages:
Increased Visibility: Open access ensures that published biomedical research is accessible worldwide—including researchers, clinicians, and institutions in developing countries—without financial barriers.
Higher Impact: Open-access articles are more likely to be indexed by major scholarly databases and search engines, enhancing discoverability and increasing citation potential.
JEIM supports open access as an essential component of modern scholarly communication and believes it can successfully co-exist with other traditional academic publishing models such as society journals, conference proceedings, and institutional publications.